A Checklist of Indian Mosses


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Mosses constitute an important component of mountain forest ecosystem. Varied climatic conditions have bestowed India with rich moss flora yet there is no published checklist for the country. In the recent years various countries like Japan, Indo China, Europe Chine etc. have published their moss checklist but India is Probably the largest area of land in the world without a published checklist (O'Shea, J. Hattori. Lab. No.93 : 293-304,2003).










A Checklist of the Mosses of the Tropical Andean Countries


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La diversidad muscinal en los países andinotropicales (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia) se estima en 76 familias, 362 géneros y 2089 táxones a nivel específico e infraespecífico. Este catálogo, basado fundamentalmente en el estudio de especímenes de herbario, incluye para cada especie aceptada su distribución altitudinal en los países tratados y su distribución mundial. Se hacen dos combinaciones nuevas: Acroporium esmeraldicum (Müll. Hal.) W.R. Buck y Pseudocrossidium granulosum (Thér.) S.P. Churchill. Las siguientes especies son nuevos sinónimos de las incluidas entre corchetes: Coscinodon pseudocribrosus Hastings [=Coscinodon bolivianus Broth.], Daltonia fenestrellata D.G. Griffin [=Daltonia brevinervis E.B. Bartram], Lepidopilidium synoicum Herzog [=Lepidopilidium divaricatum (Dozy & Molk.) Broth.], Leucodon peruvianus Broth. [=Leucodon curvirostris Hampe], Neckera trabeculata Herzog [=Neckera scabridens Müll. Hal.], Papillaria pseudofunalis Müll. Hal. [=Papillaria imponderosa (Taylor) Broth.], Papillaria pseudosinuata Müll. Hal. [=Meteorium sinuatum (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.], Papillaria subsquamatula Müll. Hal. [=Papillaria penicillata (Dozy & Molk.) Broth.], Rhapidostegium turgidulum Herzog [=Sematophyllum subpinnatum (Brid.) E. Britton] y Triquetrella spiculosa Thér. [=Zygodon pichinchensis (Taylor) Mitt.].




Moss Flora of India. An Updated Summary of Taxa


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Document from the year 2015 in the subject Biology - Botany, , course: Research, language: English, abstract: The present compilation of moss flora of India revealed the occurrence of total 1578 species of mosses which belong to 21 orders, under 66 families and 328 genera. Out of these 897 retained their valid status, while 437 species are now considered as synonym and status of 244 species is still unresolved i.e. doubtful name. 130 taxa have been reported as endemic to India.







California Mosses


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A Checklist of the Orchidaceae of India, 139


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An in-depth look at India's 1,200 species of orchids. The Indian subcontinent--rightfully renowned for its ecological lushness--is home to more than 1,200 species of orchids, about a quarter of which can be found nowhere else on the planet. Fortunately, the Missouri Botanical Garden Press's new book enumerates and carefully classifies each one, following the latest insights from molecular phylogenetic studies. A Checklist of the Orchidaceae of India features typification, synonymy, distribution, habit, and conservation, as well as a key to the identification of orchid genera. The book is part of the Checklist of Indian Plants, a major collaborative project spearheaded by Peter H. Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, and the Harvard University Herbaria.




Biodiversity Hotspot of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka


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Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate due to anthropogenic activities around the world. This book is the first volume in the new series Biodiversity Hotspots of the World, which highlights the 36 hotspot regions of the world, regions that were designated as reaping maximum benefit from preservation efforts. This series is our humble attempt to document these hotspots as a conservation and preservation measure. This first volume in the series focuses on the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, construed as forming a community of species because of their shared biogeographical history. The volume explores the diversity and conservation efforts of the extraordinarily rich species found here, including plants, many of which are found nowhere else in the world; forests, which face tremendous population pressure and have been dramatically impacted by demands for timber and agricultural land; as well as the hotspot’s diverse mammals, birds, insects, and amphibian species, and more. The volumes in this series will be essential resources for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology, and evolution.